Flights to Abu Dhabi – Capital of the UAE
Abu Dhabi has been the capital of the United Arab Emirates since becoming independent in the early ‘70s. Take flights to Abu Dhabi and land in the largest of the seven emirates; Ajman, Sharjah, Dubai, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah. Flights to Abu Dhabi have a long history going right back to the earliest days of aviation in the late 1920s when the RAF used the safe, calm waters as a base for their experimental flying boats. These days, people flock there to lie on the sand and bob about in the warm – actually hot – sea. Today’s flights to Abu Dhabi deposit you in the Emirates’ original airport established in 1982. Nineteen miles from the city centre, the airport was designed to handle three and a half million people a year. Not enough… they’re spending several billion pounds as we write updating the airport to handle a whopping 20 million passengers by 2010.
Abu Dhabi Flights – Expanded airport will handle 20 million people
Once Abu Dhabi airport’s the new Midfield Terminal Complex is finished, the airport will become one of the world’s biggest. But flights to Abu Dhabi aren’t all about big and brash and an excess of bling. Amongst all the riches and extravagance, a strong craft and art scene is growing. The most popular craft in Abu Dhabi is Sado, weaving. If, for you, flights to Abu Dhabi go hand in hand with the ancient and venerable Arab culture, hand woven goods are affordable and often exquisitely beautiful.
Flights to Abu Dhabi – Buy lovely hand woven stuff
You’ll find flights to Abu Dhabi with a raft of trusted airlines from all over the world – this place is just as important for business travellers as it is for holidaymakers. Try Air France, Britannia Airways, BA, Egypt Air, Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Royal Jordanian and China Airlines to name just a few. Flights to Abu Dhabi didn’t always deposit you amongst some of the richest folk on the planet. It used to be the poorest sheikhdom of the bunch until they struck oil, clever people. Now Abu Dhabi revels in 70% of the UAE's total wealth. Nice one.
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